Ok, how about this: stat FILENAME |grep 'Modify:' |cut -f 2 -d " " Cheers, Harry Quoting Richard Kurth <rkurth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: *> *> *> I know I can get a list of files with the date using ls -l I want to be *> able to ask what is the date of a certain file so I can use it in a *> script. I know I can do this ls -l filename but it will give me all of *> this *> -rw-r--r-- 1 admin root 23916 Feb 16 12:01 filename *> *> I just want the date of the file only *> -- Harry Hoffman hhoffman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IpSolutions: http://www.ip-solutions.net/ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
